Alder Creek Fire

The roughly 166,000-acre Richard Spring Fire burning south of Colstrip across the Northern Cheyenne reservation is 0% contained as of Friday afternoon.

The National Interagency Fire Center reports there are 17 fires >100 acres burning in the state as of Wednesday afternoon, totaling around 100,000 acres.

The National Interagency Fire Center reported 8 new fire starts in Montana Sunday that launched light initial attacks by federal, state and local firefighting resources. Two of the fires were out or contained by Sunday night.

The Northern Rockies Coordination Center reports 16 new fire starts in Montana. Fire crews controlled or contained four of those starts. Most of the fires are an acre or less in size. The largest of the new fires is the 600 acre Anderson Hill Fire in southwestern Montana’s Granite County near Garnet Road.

The Beaverhead County Sheriff’s Office has issued an evacuation order for all 17 houses in the Alder Creek area as a nearby wildfire burns south of highway 43 and the Wise River. Critical fire conditions are occurring in southwest and central Montana, and burn restrictions go into effect across northwest Montana.

Beaverhead County Evacuations Eight homes were evacuated Wednesday near the wise river south of Highway 43 as the Alder Creek Fire burns with 0%...